Opportunities to tackle apathy in solid waste management in rural integrated urban environment: The case of the Urora community in Benin City, Nigeria
In sub-Sahara African countries, there exists apathy towards solid waste management and services. Indiscriminate waste disposal in Urora is addressed through a recent study which uses a combination of concepts from the sense of community, empowerment and phenomenological principles to explore how t...
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| description | In sub-Sahara African countries, there exists apathy towards solid
waste management and services. Indiscriminate waste disposal in Urora is addressed through a recent study which uses a combination of concepts from the sense of community, empowerment and phenomenological principles to explore how to engage households with other stakeholders to address the disconnect that has resulted in environmental degradation. The findings revealed that the problem of indiscriminate waste disposal in this community could not be meaningfully understood without understanding their communal living, behaviour and practices as mediated by rituals unmitigated by passage of time. Based on these results, this paper argues that ‘living in the community’ means taking an active part in the settlement’s physical environments for effective income generating opportunities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-deaed0ab939d48bb99920363865927482023-11-03T09:16:39ZengCluj University PressStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Engineering2734-76802020-11-016517810.24193/subbeng.2020.1.8Opportunities to tackle apathy in solid waste management in rural integrated urban environment: The case of the Urora community in Benin City, NigeriaHope Iyawe0Obas John Ebohon1Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, NigeriaCenter for Sustainability & Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, School of The Built Environment and Architecture, London South Bank University, LondonIn sub-Sahara African countries, there exists apathy towards solid waste management and services. Indiscriminate waste disposal in Urora is addressed through a recent study which uses a combination of concepts from the sense of community, empowerment and phenomenological principles to explore how to engage households with other stakeholders to address the disconnect that has resulted in environmental degradation. The findings revealed that the problem of indiscriminate waste disposal in this community could not be meaningfully understood without understanding their communal living, behaviour and practices as mediated by rituals unmitigated by passage of time. Based on these results, this paper argues that ‘living in the community’ means taking an active part in the settlement’s physical environments for effective income generating opportunities.apathycommunityempowermentritualsolid waste management |
| spellingShingle | Hope Iyawe Obas John Ebohon Opportunities to tackle apathy in solid waste management in rural integrated urban environment: The case of the Urora community in Benin City, Nigeria Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Engineering apathy community empowerment ritual solid waste management |
| title | Opportunities to tackle apathy in solid waste management in rural integrated urban environment: The case of the Urora community in Benin City, Nigeria |
| title_full | Opportunities to tackle apathy in solid waste management in rural integrated urban environment: The case of the Urora community in Benin City, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Opportunities to tackle apathy in solid waste management in rural integrated urban environment: The case of the Urora community in Benin City, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Opportunities to tackle apathy in solid waste management in rural integrated urban environment: The case of the Urora community in Benin City, Nigeria |
| title_short | Opportunities to tackle apathy in solid waste management in rural integrated urban environment: The case of the Urora community in Benin City, Nigeria |
| title_sort | opportunities to tackle apathy in solid waste management in rural integrated urban environment the case of the urora community in benin city nigeria |
| topic | apathy community empowerment ritual solid waste management |
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